It should be clear by now that everyone agrees that jobs are the No. 1 one issue facing America. Over 7 million have disappeared from the economic landscape since the beginning of the recession. The official unemployment rate is 10 percent, while a broader measure that also includes discouraged and part-time workers stands at 17.3 percent. The private sector firm ADP estimates that another 22,000 job disappeared in January. A weary populace awaits the latest official round of bad news out of the Labor Department on Friday.
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